Jerome Preston Bates
Encyclopedia
Jerome Preston Bates is an American
actor.
, and grew up across the street from the Delmar
. The family moved to the New York
/New Jersey
area when he was six but returned to Georgia
when Bates began high school.
He has been on several Law & Order
shows and he also played a corrections officer on the HBO series Oz
.
On November 5, 2007, Bates took over the role of Derek Frye
on the ABC
soap opera, All My Children
, the third actor to play that character.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor.
Biography
Bates was born in Augusta, GeorgiaAugusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
, and grew up across the street from the Delmar
Delmar
-Places in the United States:*Delmar, Alabama*Delmar, Delaware*Delmar, Iowa*Delmar, Maryland*Delmar, New York*Delmar Township, Pennsylvania*Delmar, South Carolina*Delmar, West Virginia*Delmar, Wisconsin*Delmar Loop, a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri...
. The family moved to the New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
/New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
area when he was six but returned to Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
when Bates began high school.
He has been on several Law & Order
Law & Order franchise
The Law & Order franchise is a number of related American television series created by Dick Wolf and originally broadcast on NBC, all of which deal with some aspect of the criminal justice system...
shows and he also played a corrections officer on the HBO series Oz
Oz (TV series)
Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
.
On November 5, 2007, Bates took over the role of Derek Frye
Derek Frye
Derek Frye is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. He currently manages Ardrossan Winton Rovers.-Career:...
on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
soap opera, All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
, the third actor to play that character.